PLYMOUTH AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 149 



Indian Corn. 

 Sylvamis Hinckley' s Statement. 



The land on which I raised my corn had been mowed for 

 the last eight years. The last year, the worms eat the grass all 

 out. It was ploughed in December, while the ground was cov- 

 ered with snow. It was harrowed three times in the month of 

 April. Drew on about 40 small ox-cart loads of manure, which 

 was composted from muck, soil, horse, cattle and hog's manure, 

 well mixed and ploughed in; furrowed 3| by 1^ feet, and 

 dropped half a shovel-full of the same manure into a hill, and 

 planted 12th and 13th of May, two or three corns in a hill. Cul- 

 tivated and hoed twice in June, and hoed in July. The seed 

 was gathered in Middleborough, Barnstable, Wareham, Bridge- 

 water and Taunton, and all mixed. I think it is as essential to 

 mix the seed of corn, as that of cattle or swine. 



Middleborough, Oct. 16, 1848. 



Orsamus Littlejohn s Statement. 



The acre of land entered by me, for the best crop of corn, 

 has been in rather a barren state for some years, not producing 

 more than 500 lbs. of good hay in any one year. The soil be- 

 ing sandy and hungry, it was ploughed, May 8th and 9th, about 

 seven inches deep ; 10th to I5th, twenty-six loads, of 40 feet 

 each, of good compost manure was spread and well harrowed 

 and bushed in ; ISth and 19th, planted — the rows were marked 

 out with cultivator teeth, Sg feet apart each way. Five and six 

 corns were dropped into a hill, 6 or 8 inches apart ; about one 

 quart of good fine compost on top, and covered as fast as dropped, 

 but not deep. Ten quarts of seed, three varieties, names not 

 known, selected from crib, soaked from four to six hours in 

 strong chloride of lime, and rolled in sulphur and fine gunpow- 

 der. It has been cultivated and hoed three times, in its hottest 

 and driest state. 



